NOVA SCOTIAN SETTLERS.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 446, 5 January 1869, Page 2

NOVA SCOTIAN SETTLERS.

The brigantine Emulous, reported as having arrived at Wellington from Nova Scotia, with a number of passengers, has since arrived at Dunedin. The vessel is owned by the captain and several of the passengers, and made "Wellington as a central place in New Zealand, for the purpose of settling down there. She remained at Wellington three days, during which time a heavy gale prevailed, and none of those on board landed. News, however, was got from the shore that there was a disturbance in the North Island, and settlement in Otago was preferable, on which the vessel was got under weigh at 10 o'clock on Wednesday evening last for Dunedin, and experienced variable winds and strong southerly gales on the coast. The Emulous sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 19th of August, and had fine weather to the line. The N.E. Trades were lost on the 14th of September in lat. 7 25 N. South and S.W. winds and variables then prevailed until crossing the Equator on the 2oth of the same month, in long. 24.4-0. W. The S.E. Trades were parted with in lat. 24 S. on October the 6th. On the 15th, she sighted the Island of Tristan d'Acunha, and passed to the northward of it. The meridian of Greenwich was crossed on the 19 th, and the Cape on the 24th of the same month. The N.W. part of the Middle Island was sighted on the 24th, at noon, and she anchored in Wellington Harbour at 5 a.m. on the 7th. Whether this little colony will settle at Dunedin or at Martin's Bay, is a matter of conjecture. They have onboard all the requisites for settlement, and are accompanied by a minister and doctor, who have been careful of the spiritual and temporal welfare of those under their care during the passage. The captain and mates have also got their wives and families with them. After a determination is come to and the cargo discharged, the vessel, which is onlv 18 months old, and a handy craft for intercolonial coasting trade, will be sold. No sickness of an infectious character occurred throughout the voyage. We heartily wish the newcomers success in the country of their adoption. The Emulous spoke, on October the sth, the ship Burns from New York to Adelaide, in lat. 22.2 S., long. 52.23. W.; on November 2lst. the ship Ked Eover, from London to Melborne, in lat. 45 S., long. 12.3 E., 82 days out. All well.